Magpie Ninja
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
of course browsing thru your photos i had to comment on this .
holy moly ..!! .. (what a great expression .. havent heard it in a while) .. this pic is a real attention grabber .. ;)

this is EXTRAORDINARY .. what a fantastic moment you captured ..
congratulations on the blue .. could be in a national geographic magazine .. or online .. whatever they do these days ..

Boardering on trouble
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
just checking out some of your pics and saw this .. AWESOME .. !! ..
its a fantastic action shot .. :)
and then i read about the back story ..
funny .. not funny .. but i broke my left elbow once in a head-on car accident back in 1984 .. and then again three years ago getting thru a fence to take a photo .. the second break on an existing break meant i had to have metal put in it .. i'm hoping to get that out soon ..
in that same car accident .. a really solid HG holden station wagon .. the hand-brake handle thingy smashed my left knee and totally shattered my knee cap .. i have no knee cap there now and feel that its not a great hindrance to movement .. the sliced tendons on the other hand are ..
so we are 'twins' in elbows and knees .. sorta .. lol .. ;)

Stroked
by glad2badad

Comment:
and I did too ..
think this was a masterpiece .. :)

Before Coffee
by jomari

Comment:
OMG .. this is SO ugly .. your son is extremely talented .. congratulations on fourth place xx

But... she has a really good personality
by SandyP

Comment:
so cool .. it's such an ugly bird .. and yet you have shown it in a very flattering and extremely humourous way .. the eyes are amazing ..
many congratulations on such an awesome photo .. so full of personality ..
and of course the red ribbon .. xx

Smile Please
by pgirish007

Comment:
OMG .. it looks like he has teeth ... great shot .. :)

A Stinkbug
by GolferDDS

Comment:

Originally posted by Neat: Have fun submitting all your originals. Congratulations!

just noticed Anita's comment .. hahahahaha .. that'll learn you .. !! .. ;)

A Stinkbug
by GolferDDS

Comment:
well you had me fooled .. !! .. you have been hiding under a bushel .. unless i have missed previous incredible macro images of yours ..
this is up there as a fantastic and wonderful stinkbug photo .. or rather 17 photos .. you are very dedicated .. 17 would be a lot of work unless you used some software/program to stack them .. there is always too much movement in my insect photos to use those programs .. which is a bummer ..

must say .. in the right hands that lens is the best for very close up macro work ..
i bought one a long time ago .. didnt work with my flash because the lens extends .. would have had to get a twin flash .. i also found it a bit difficult to use .. so i sold it .. i feel that its something that you need to take the time to learn and get accustomed to .. which you obviously have done in spades .. i'm sooooo impressed ..
anyway .. CONGRATULATIONS on the blue for this superb macro image .. would love to know your setting too .. :)

Pop of red
by Neat

Comment:
I actually thought of you when I saw this in voting .. it really is a great abstract .. and very well seen .. the pop of red is almost too intense to look at for any length of time ..
I feel like apologising for my comment during voting but it was how i felt at the time .. didn't take away from my recognition of what a great abstract this is ..
congratulations on the ribbon ... xx

Mayhem
by jomari

Comment:
you got my only 10 .. xx
I loved this so much because it had substance .. impact .. and something indefinable .. I do love graphic abstracts with clean sharp lines too .. but this has personality .. took it to a whole other level ..
congrats on something amazing ..
so .. are you going to print it and hang it on your wall .. would go great as a canvas print with all those textures.. ;)